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How to Configure a Static IP Address in Windows Vista
Thursday, November 16th, 2006
If you’ve had the opportunity to play around with a beta version of Windows Vista you’ve probably 
noticed that many of the day to day admin task have slightly change or been moved from where you’ve been accustom to. It’s been over 5 years now since Windows XP was released and that’s a lot of time for habits to form on how to access things. Well, it’s time to retrain our brains to the intricacies of Windows Vista. Today I’m going to cover how to statically configure a network card’s IP by using the windows GUI. Click on the start orb to open a list of programs and content. The start menu has been replaced by the “start orb” which still give you the same functionality as the start button from previous OS versions, but consumes less screen real estate. Right click on “Network” and go to properties. That opens the “Network and Sharing Center” which is your central office for anything pertaining to (just as it says) networking or sharing resources. On the left hand column you want to click on “Manage Network Connections.”
This opens the Network Connections Window which you will find familiar to Windows 2000/XP. It will list all of your NICs or Wireless Connection. Right click and go to properties of the connection you would like to statically assign. You will now be prompted for an administrative password. This is part of Microsoft’s new User Account Control (UAC) which will help unauthorized changes to your systems. Once you have authenticated you will see the properties of the selected network connection. Train Signal Training » How to Configure a Static IP Address in Windows Vista
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